Sharp County record., 1887-12-01

sovE 1uestion as 70 the powers and
duties Of the Fisheries Commission seems
to exist and promises TO affect the |orA
Of the commissioners.
Mrs. J. T. HAsTLEY, of Nebraska CITY
Neb.. committed suicide on the lith Dy
taking morphine. Cause, domestic un-
happiness.
C0wATSCH. the man who was arresteh
at Greenock, Scotland on landing from d
steamer from America, because be hah
dynamite cartridges in his possession, has
been released.
By the falling Of the walls at Syracuse
Y. Y, on the 17th,of ths E7erson OuiId-
.ng, two workmen were killed anu
another is missing.
DowyIcI MAsSAT fell 800 feet down the
Hecla shaft Of the Calumet and Hec.a
mine at Ishpeming, Mich, on the I'th'
and was Instantly killeL He leaves'a
la~re family in destitute circumstance
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, the alleged Ian
don rioter, was released on the l'th WIN
out prosecution, the QGa rs counsel ue-
cidiny that there was no case against
him for his conduct on the llth.
/ CAPTAIN GREEN and two miners fed
from the top Of the shaft-hoHse in the an
/ vii mines at Bessemer, Mich, on the I05n"
to the bottom Of the shaft. The TWO
miners we're instantly killed and CAPTAIN
| Green is not expected TO recover.
/ A FIRE at Bloomington, Ne5., on me
/ 10Th DESTROYED a large dry goods ana
clothing store, the FIRST National Bank
! building and contents, n hardware store
drug store. post-otfice and contents, and
/ the Gtad ,ffice and contents. Lo'ss
$50, 900: insurance, $1,000.
/ FOURTEEN men We're seriously, and 1t IS
feared some of them fatally, burned by
| an explosion Of gasoline at PhHadeIndla,
on the night Of the 18th. in the building
used bv the Ellison Electric Light Com
| ranv a. a storage house for tools and
| gasoline lamps, used by the worimen.
/ ~ HENRY ROCHEFORT, the editor Of
/ l. IRtrGpsigeqnt, fought a duel with,
swords with 81 Marmack. the editor %
/ the Cyt IN PcuDlo, on The 18th, The lat,
| ter was wounded. The encounter was tho
| result Of d quarrel over General BouIans-
/ er.
| A sCATFOLD at the Uower-house Of the
| Pittsburgh pa Traction railway fell On
| the 18th. -Four men we.e thrOwn to the
/ ground. a distance Of about thirty feet,
/ and two Of them, J. Byron and James Og-
den, were fatally crushed. The others,
| J. Conrad and F. Zimmerman, sustained
painful cuts and bruises.
The tenants, including the leaseholders
Of the County Down estates of Lord Duf
( ferin, have asked a forty per cent. reduc'
/ tion Of rents and an extension Of the time
forpaying them.
IT seems that the parcels post feature in
the new postal convention between this
country and Mexico is working so much
20 the satisfaction Of the Mexican people
that they are very anxious for a cOnsid-
erable extension of its facilities.
THE Royal Clyde Yacht Club will with
draw its challenge to compete for the
Americas cup on the ground that the
conditions, as changed by the New York
Yacht Club, are unjust and unspOrtsman-
like.
GENERAL VALENTINE BAKER. who in
1879, while holding the appointment Of
assistant QuartermaS5er-Gene al Alder
shot, England, was compelled to leave
the service on being found guilty Of a
misdemeanor, is dead. He was ifty-two
years old.
| COMMODORE J. G.. WALKER, chief Of the
o-t.sA qf SSecr5-aryof navy, strongly
urges the fOgmatiOn of a naval reserve,
to be composed Cf men who have seen
service from the merchant marina, sea
and lake coasting trade, fishermen, light
house and life-savng services, and from
yachtsmen.
THE Western Association of Architects,
at their convention in Cincinnati, ap-
pointed a committee Of five to act with a
sim lar committee Of the American Tnsti-
tute of Architects upon the question Of a
consolidation Of all the architectural as
sociations. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected and the convention ad.
journed to meet in Chicago next year.